Iran opposition leaders Mousavi and Karroubi 'arrested'

BBC News, 28 February 2011

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Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives have been taken from their homes by security forces, reports suggest.

Mr Mousavi and Mr Karroubi had previously
been under house arrest

Mr Karroubi's son told the BBC he had heard his father had been moved, but did not know where he had been taken.

A website close to Mr Mousavi claims the men have been taken to Heshmatiyeh jail in Tehran. The men had previously been under house arrest.

The incident comes ahead of planned protests to be held on Tuesday.

Both men had called for demonstrations in support of the uprisings in Tunisia and in Egypt.

Earlier this month the two men, along with their wives, were detained in their respective homes in Tehran as protests were staged on the streets of the capital.

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